--- title: When the Queen heard this she was very glad, for now she knew the na… — Grimm's Fairy Stories · tree and pragmatics description: When the Queen heard this she was very glad, for now she knew the name; and soon after came the Dwarf, and asked, "Now, my lady Queen, what is my name?" Who acts: Queen, Dwarf, lady. 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The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (Queen, Dwarf, lady), what happens, when and where, as Mova's frames read it from the tree. **Parsed by Mova, not checked by a teacher.** This tree is Mova's own parse (the `en` model, on the CPU, when the site is built); it may be wrong. ## The tree {#tree} ```conllu # sent_id = book:pg11027:24:120 # text = When the Queen heard this she was very glad, for now she knew the name; and soon after came the Dwarf, and asked, "Now, my lady Queen, what is my name?" 1 When when ADV WRB PronType=Int 4 advmod _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 Queen Queen PROPN NNP Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 4 heard hear VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 this this PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 4 obj _ _ 6 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 9 nsubj _ _ 7 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 9 cop _ _ 8 very very ADV RB _ 9 advmod _ _ 9 glad glad ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 10 , , PUNCT , _ 14 punct _ _ 11 for for SCONJ IN _ 14 mark _ _ 12 now now ADV RB PronType=Dem 14 advmod _ _ 13 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 14 nsubj _ _ 14 knew know VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 9 conj _ _ 15 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 16 det _ _ 16 name name NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 17 ; ; PUNCT : _ 21 punct _ _ 18 and and CCONJ CC _ 21 cc _ _ 19 soon soon ADV RB Degree=Pos 21 advmod _ _ 20 after after SCONJ IN _ 21 mark _ _ 21 came come VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 conj _ _ 22 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 23 det _ _ 23 Dwarf Dwarf PROPN NNP Number=Sing 21 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 24 , , PUNCT , _ 26 punct _ _ 25 and and CCONJ CC _ 26 cc _ _ 26 asked ask VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 27 , , PUNCT , _ 32 punct _ _ 28 " " PUNCT `` _ 32 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 29 Now now ADV RB PronType=Dem 32 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 30 , , PUNCT , _ 32 punct _ _ 31 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 32 nmod:poss _ _ 32 lady lady NOUN NN Number=Sing 26 ccomp _ _ 33 Queen Queen PROPN NNP Number=Sing 32 appos _ SpaceAfter=No 34 , , PUNCT , _ 38 punct _ _ 35 what what PRON WP PronType=Int 38 nsubj _ _ 36 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 38 cop _ _ 37 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 38 nmod:poss _ _ 38 name name NOUN NN Number=Sing 32 appos _ SpaceAfter=No 39 ? ? PUNCT . _ 38 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 40 " " PUNCT '' _ 38 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **hear** | past | the Queen | this | | | | | vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Experiencer this=Stimulus | | 2 | **is** | past | Queen | | | | | glad *property* | tree rules | | 3 | **know** | past | Queen | the name | | | now | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Experiencer name=Stimulus | | 4 | **come** | past | the Dwarf | | | | | soon *property* | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 5 | **ask** *speech: ask* | past | | | | | | | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 6 | **is a** *in a quote* | present | my lady | my name | | | | | tree rules | One row per clause the reader finds. «not said here»: a role filled from the clause above. «roles by»: a VerbNet class and frame when one fits the verb, else the reader's rules on the tree. **Text:** «Grimm's Fairy Stories» by Jacob Grimm, Project Gutenberg book 11027 (public domain in the USA). **Tree:** Mova's own parse, Elamur Cosmic License. **Frames:** Mova's frames reader (`prag`), the chapter read in order. - ← previous: [sentence 119](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg11027/24/119/) - next →: [sentence 121](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg11027/24/121/) - ↑ back to [The Three Little Men in the Wood](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg11027/24/)